I like Machida’s drop to 185. I bodes well for his future. He did all he could in Light Heavy Weight I think.

I really liked Jimi Manua’s skill-set. That kid will be climbing the charts big time now in the LHW division.

]]>By: shutuphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2782382
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:15:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2782382Crazy stuff, fully expect Silva to regain his belt but in case it doesn’t happen Machida is probably one fight from a title shot, either Bisping or Belfort imo, things get real interesting if Silva wins, and Machida finds his way to #1 contender. I would love to see Machida vs Weidman even if its not for the belt. Machida does well against wrestlers (not named Jon Jones)
]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2782379
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:09:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2782379lol…You watch Machida knock out Munoz this weekend? Nice hit.
]]>By: shutuphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2782369
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:56:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2782369Tony Parker should be in that top 5, in the “real” world. Still the most decorated pg in the league, and if he keeps doing what he did last year no reason he wont be in the convo for MVP, albeit probably for third or fourth runner up, mainly due to the fact that he plays for the best coach in basketball, and isn’t asked to do everything that Lebron or Durant do for their teams.
]]>By: shutuphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2782361
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:50:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2782361LMAO technically both are rounded figures, 2.0 is a whole number, but rounding is set to what you want to round to. OBV lakeshow is saying round to the nearest whole number, but 1.6 itself is probably a rounded number due to the hundredths that isn’t included (the second spot after the decimal), the more spots after the decimal the more accurate the stat. Although bpg really should have at least 1 space after the decimal (in all reality I think 2 spots after the decimal is standard) or else 95% of all NBA players would avg 0,1 or 2 bpg, and there would be no way of distinguishing a player who avg 1.6 bpg from someone who avg 2.4 bpg. So your both right but both wrong at the same time………
]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2782303
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:02:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2782303It’s rare for superstars to plateau when entering their prime.
]]>By: Interdico Scriptorhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2782152
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:53:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2782152Paul
]]>By: AddingVelocityDontTellMehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2781944
Sun, 27 Oct 2013 01:12:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2781944yeah but you can’t just keep projecting an increase there has to be a plateau.

I mean if we took that logic then he’ll eventually reach 3 each by the end of his career.

]]>By: AddingVelocityDontTellMehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2781738
Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:36:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2781738efficieny is skewed factor in usuage and how much wade actually has chance to make a mistake
]]>By: AddingVelocityDontTellMehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2781736
Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:36:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2781736reminds me of a more polished darius miles nah i just said that to see how you would
]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2781200
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:22:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-27812001.5 isn’t a rounded figure lol….

1.5 rounds up to 2.0

]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2781199
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:21:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2781199i’m trembling
]]>By: ppossehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2781057
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:28:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2781057ahh i see your scared. That gi joe set i was gonna ask you to wager must be pretty special to you. Its cool tho, I shall remember these outlandish claims.
]]>By: Feez_22http://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2781053
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:11:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2781053To address you last point, Davis was a pg for the majority of his basketball life. He only switched to being a PF/C because he had a massive growth spurt. He was a 6’3 PG at the beginning of his junior year in HS. Dude grew to 6’10 in 1 year lol. That’s one of the reasons why he has skills you wouldn’t expect from a big man such as his shooting, dribbling, perimeter defense, etc.

Pretty crazy though lol. I couldn’t imagine growing 7 inches in the span of 1 year.

]]>By: Dacrehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780968
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:33:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780968I take howard…if I can trade him for durant and a draft pick.
]]>By: Dacrehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780964
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 04:30:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780964Ahhhh.. 1.6 rounds down to 1.5…
]]>By: danpowershttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780895
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:57:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780895could please everybody who voted him as “worse than no.2″ be banned from here? thanks
]]>By: Kim Hargreaveshttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780830
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:05:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780830Nothing wrong with being the second best player in the world, KD keeps improving every year too. Dude is young enough to still be in his prime when Lebron falls off.
All that said, weak write up. I want to read why these guys deserve their positions.
]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780803
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:41:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780803No.
You probably think Wade had a better year last year than KB, so I would wager nothing with you.

You also probably would think you won on a bet about Rose having a better year than Chris Paul last season.

“He empowered the team from the bench even more than CP did on the court!”

The dude is injury prone and on the wrong side of 30. He doesn’t have a high threshold for pain. He will probably play a similar number of games to KB.

KB and Harden will do more as #1 options than Wade will as a #2.

]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780768
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:24:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780768well, considering Bird’s shots were more often assisted, it’s safe to say that came from being a better overall player, specifically better within a team concept. While Durant was somehow more efficient in situations that are more often, left without structure….in an NBA where defense is considerably harder to take advantage of…..
]]>By: Daggerhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780767
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:22:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780767I knew you would respond with eFG% and TS%. To that I would agree: last year, Durant’s efficiency was pretty insane. I would add only two things:

1. Can Durant sustain that level of efficiency in light of the evolving roster of the Thunder? Bird’s efficiency year after year still sets him apart for me.
2. The way in which Durant and Bird were required to get their points matters. In the Thunder’s offense, Durant isos all the time, which is reflected in how few of his shots are assisted, relative to Bird’s. I’m not saying that this indicates that Bird was actually more efficient than Durant, but I will say that the relatively slight superiority in Durant’s efficiency last year can come down to variables that are relatively hard to quantify.

Which is all to say: if there’s a separation between Durant and Bird as scorers, it’s pretty slight, and I still give Bird a small edge.

]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780759
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 21:05:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780759Bird was the better all around player, but as a pure scorer? with the things Durant can do, and how efficient he is? i’ll take him.
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And Durant’s eFG% and TS% just last season were both higher than Bird’s career high in each category. He’s the more efficient story by a growing margin.
]]>By: ppossehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780754
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:48:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780754also just look at how effficient Wade was with a ball dominant albeit better decision maker that is Lebron. Putting up 22 5 5 as second fiddle on a team that will most likely be #1 overall seed is still better than 27 4 on an inferior team in my opinion.
]]>By: TRhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780755
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:48:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780755Steals are back on the rise, block percentage was way up, but I doubt it’ll get much better. Hes decent on the help side, but Ibaka holds down the paint. And my thing with Durant and his free throws is a little unfair i guess. He hits at such a high clip that some nights it makes his point totals arent as impressive to me. Like he scored 45 points in a game against dallas last year i think or the year before and it was like off 21 made free throws and a horrible shooting night. Things like that just kinda sour me on him from time to time.
]]>By: ppossehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780752
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:44:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780752im tellin you Wade wil rise this year. You see yesterday 27 pts 4 stls while Lebron gets 26 pts and 7 assists.

I see Harden and DH steppin on each others toes this year. They probably will figure it out but it will take more than a season. And Kobe doesn’t qualify if he doesn’t come back before Christmas from shear volume of games missed.

]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780751
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:40:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780751I’d do either Kobe, Harden, or Melo instead of Wade for sure.
]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780747
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:39:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780747LeBron actually gets more points per game at the FT line than Durant, by career average. Last year LeBron went to the line the least in his entire career but expect him to be right where Durant is next season, right around 8FTA. Same as MJ, Kobe, Tracy Mcgrady, Dwayne Wade etc…

I don’t know if you realize this but KD has gotten better every single year. There’s no reason to think he won’t get to around 1.5 -1.7 steals or blocks.

]]>By: ppossehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780746
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:36:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780746yeah we’ll see.
]]>By: Chesterhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780745
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:35:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780745Too bad this ‘real’ top 5 only exists in your world.
]]>By: Daggerhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780739
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:19:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780739To be fair, if your point is that Durant is a better scorer than Bird was, Durant has never shot better than 51%.Yeah, he gets to the line more often than Bird, and he shoots more threes, but Bird was more efficient from the field.

Arguably Bird’s best season as a scorer:

30 PPG, 53-41-92.

To get 28 PPG the season before, he needed just 20 shots.

That’s remarkable. As a scorer I think Durant will probably eclipse Bird someday, but I’m not ready to give him that yet.

]]>By: ron ghttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780737
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:16:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780737D12, Cp3, D-Rose, Kd and then Lebron #1. I believe the top five should consist of the two best players at the two most dominant positions(pg & sf)
]]>By: TRhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780735
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 20:11:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780735he wasnt even getting 1.6 of either last year. Durants a great player, but i kinda hate watching him play sometimes. Free throws galore to get points gets old sometimes
]]>By: ppossehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780718
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:25:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780718the real top 5 this year in no particular order is wade, lebron, durant, rose, and dh
]]>By: lanky boyshttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780694
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:06:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780694haha also reminds of of deandre jordan and javale mcgee, but those two cant shoot anything outside of dunk range
]]>By: Jayril Ritualhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780690
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:02:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780690on other news..dwyane wade says time for Kevin Durant to pass the torch to Lebron as the best player in the L,

wait..what?! xD

]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780684
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:55:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780684on 1.6 3pa a game. Bird was never a scorer like Durant is. Dude still needed 22 shots while shooting 52% to get his 28.7 points.
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Durant did that without Westbrook….in the playoffs
]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780675
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:42:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780675Westbrook will be there for a long enough part of the season for him to do that.

Why won’t he score 30ppg? He’s averaged 28.5 over the last 4 years, with one of those being over 30ppg.

KD is a much more perimeter focused player as you know which separates them. KD shoots over 5 three’s a game on average over the last three seasons, while Bird floated more around the 2-3 mark.

It’s unseen in some ways.

]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780610
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:03:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-27806101.6 and 1.6 rounds up to 2. That’s why I said rounded figures. He won’t achieve a full 2 blocks or 2 steals.
]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780608
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:02:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780608Agreed. Nothing alike and quite similar at the same time haha.

Davis is fun to watch though.

]]>By: Sean Superstar Juanhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780607
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:01:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780607Ummm, yeah he did. He did kinda win 3 MVP’s in a row.
]]>By: Dundlerhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780566
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:27:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780566Watching Pelicans-Miami from yesterday…Durant and Davis are actually fairly similar. Obv Davis is the big, much stronger, whereas Durant is perimeter and a shooter, but they both have that lanky, weird wiry frame that looks like it should have no business being able to run like that.
They both have handles (again Durant is obv better but you see my point), both sprint and have much more co-ordination than you should have with that stretched out body. Just something I noticed.

(Davis was also quality in that game. Picked a Heat player’s pocket twice and ran a break perfectly as if he was a PG)

]]>By: Dundlerhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780560
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:26:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780560I take Durant
]]>By: Feez_22http://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780548
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:17:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780548Just a great player who will make a SERIOUS run at the MVP this year. I would not be surprised if he won it. Not one bit. Just a great player.

Could end up as the best scorer in the history of the game when it is all said and done. Appreciate him, folks.

]]>By: retrobathttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780545
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:16:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780545Real question here. Minus any of the drama/off-court shenanigans, if you had to build your team around KD or Dwight Howard, who would you choose? This question is assuming that both are healthy and have not had injuries.
]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780537
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:11:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780537not like this. not like this at all.
]]>By: TRhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780502
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:54:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780502hes not getting 2 blocks and 2 steals a night…
]]>By: LP @ThisisEtherhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780500
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:53:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780500i’d like to see the video game scoring average from him…or anybody….36 ppg…
]]>By: Blarmachttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780501
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:53:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780501Man, I love KD.
]]>By: Caboosehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780499
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:52:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780499Unseen? Bird kinda did that.
]]>By: LakeShowhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/slamonline-top-50/top-50-kevin-durant-no-2-3/#comment-2780493
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:44:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=292925#comment-2780493Poised to take the throne…

Expect Durant to really take over this season. He’s going to surprise allot of people with a new array of moves. He’ll maintain efficiency, while scoring more, and tossing more dimes. He’s put on some muscle, he’ll play some more PF this season…

Expect the unseen from him: 30-8-5-2-2 on 50-40-90% will be right around his rounded numbers.